Gerrit Bruijn, on December 18, 1785 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1785
• Sunday, 18 December
  Gerrit Bruijn (uit Eggelen) joins as weapons master with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Neptunus bound for Batavia
• 1786
• Saturday, 13 May
  146 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Neptunus on the Cape
• Thursday, 7 September
  117 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Neptunus of the Cape
• Wednesday, 13 December
  97 days after departure from the Cape, 360 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Neptunus in Batavia
• Return
• 1789
• Monday, 26 October
  1048 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Sparenrijk with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1790
• Thursday, 7 January
  73 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk on the Cape
• Wednesday, 17 February
  41 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Sparenrijk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 23 May
  95 days after departure from the Cape, 209 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk in the Netherlands
  1617 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Bruijn (Sparenrijk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 111 seafarers included 26 Chinese; among the 14 passengers were 2 male and 3 female slaves, and 4 survivors of the English man-of-war BOUNTY (see the VLIJT, 8258). On 28-12-1789, during a heavy storm, the SPARENDIJK was severely damaged off Cape Aghu

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6744, folio 18

VOC - voyagers, this index was developed through a joint initiative of the archives of Delft and Rotterdam, Zeeuws archief, Westfries Archief (Hoorn and Enkhuizen) and the departments of history from the Universities of Leiden and Ghent.

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